The Prophecy OOC - Epic High Fanatasy Adventure

[Ezrath]

You know it's all good. But really you were kind of putting things into my mouth. Just to finish this, all I was saying is that it is possible. I didn't say practical. And no I don't know much about swords or swordfighting. All I know is what i've picked up along the way. I'm more of a bow and arrow person myself and that's generally the area of my character's expertise. The being said, I look forward to roleplaying with you.

[xbriannova]

Way I see it, simply put it, there are disadvantages and advantages towards fighting with one weapon or two. There's no such rule stating that fighting with a single one is always, undeniably without fail, better. It all depends on alot of factors. Too many for me to think at once and put here. Hope everyone agrees with me where this general principle.

Practice is key to wielding dual weapons by the way. There are patterns and routine to follow, did you know? Like in Chinese martial arts. Trust me at least, I've seen it done alot of times. I used to practice it myself, though I've never done dual weapons before, I had plenty of friends who did. If it's impractical, it wouldn't have survived so long, why not put it simply as that.

I have nothing else do add, this argument is over anyways.

[Epsy]

Wielding melee weapons hasn't survived at all. You never see melee weapons used in combat now. Guns have completely taken over the market as far as combat is concerned. Even Guns aren't dual wielded. The only time that happened was back in when all hand guns were six shooters.

I don't care if you all want to go about your characters thinking that using two weapons at the same time is plausible. Just trust me that it's not in real life. Only in a few extenuating circumstances is it ever used, and never did renowned swords men use two of the same weapon. Especially not long swords or daggers. Like my friend said, if ever, the purpose of using two weapons would be so that you can do more than one type of damage. I don't care what you think you know based on some exhibition you've seen. In real combat, people don't use two swords or two daggers. A sword and a dagger perhaps, but a shield is always preferable to a parrying dagger. Put a spike on your shield and now you have a weapon that's capable of attacking and defending effectively.

Sorry to keep discussing this, I imagine it seems that I'm beating a dead horse, but I'm just trying to get the point across.

Besides that, I put up my first post. Huzzah!

[xbriannova]

Wielding melee weapons hasn't survived at all. You never see melee weapons used in combat now. Guns have completely taken over the market as far as combat is concerned. Even Guns aren't dual wielded. The only time that happened was back in when all hand guns were six shooters.

I'm talking about before the advent of reliable gunpowder weapons, actually. I noticed that you seem to be a little judgemental here. You should kick that habit of yours. I haven't just seen some exhibitions, by the way.

Moreover, even if your hypothesis is true, we are talking about a fantasy world here. Even the humans may not be entirely the same. Scratch that, they're entirely different. Just having a different culture and being raised in a different environment from ours will guarantee a different result. For all you know, their brain could be wired differently. They could have evolved slightly differently, having a more dextrous brain and limbs. This is fantasy, and we need creativity and flexibility to sustain it.

Congrats on your first post. Just make sure you keep up with the quality of postings, and I don't just mean literary quality. Here's to me hoping that you'd be a great asset to this RP!

[Epsy]

I generally can keep posting in depth posts as long as those around me are. I know the other rp we're in seems to have fallen off, but it's just hylo wanting to progress things so that we can get it lifted off. He's generally a better roleplayer, but he's been having to deal with a lot of shit lately. We cracked out a conversation and moved our plot along slightly.

Silly me, going on about a different rp. In any event, given what I've seen, I should have no trouble keeping up with length and quality. (that's what she said)

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Just a thought, in case anyone was curious Loquutus is pronounced Low-Q-tuss. At least that's how I hear it in my head when I say it. Loq changes the vowel sound from a long one to a short one, making it pronounced Lock. Lowk just sounded silly when I said it in my head.

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Also, how do I get added to the social group?

[xbriannova]

Alright Epsy, looks to me you're can do it. This RP's like a diamond in the ruff, so I don't want it to crash and burn. I think the player capacity should be set to 10, so the next guy who joins would be the last one, what do you guys think? The way I see it, we're already risking it by having more than 8, no offense there.

To get added, you'd have to get Dark Jack to do that. If he hadn't, you need to remind him about it. He's GM, but that doesn't mean he's not human, so he might have forgotten or something. An invitation will be sent to you, and you just have to accept it.

[Epsy]

Cool stuff. I wasn't sure who actually started the Social Group, since the idea came from you. I'm sure he'll get to it when he does. I can't wait for this conflict to end so that I can really dive in.

[xbriannova]

You and me both. I hope you did take my advice above. It's not good for you to be flinging conclusions, assumptions and judgements around man. I've been there. I feel like shit after I came around realising I was wrong all along.

[Dark Jack]

Holy...! Not that the discussion about the advantages and disadvantages, and even the general practicality of using dual-weapons was not interesting or anything, but for it to go on for almost two pages of posts is a bit much.
Just for the sake of mentioning - not to revive the argument - I was already aware of the laws of physics and impracticality of using two weapons over one. In fact, in my novel, the ones of the main characters that are the best fighters are the one Jaelnec is based on, wielding a single longsword, a fighter using mace and shield, one with a preferrence of polearms, favoring a quarterstaff and otherwise using a longbow, finally followed by a guy using a heavy iron chain as a kind of lashing-weapon. It only has one character dual-wielding weapons, and that one is the poorest fighter out of the main character group (composed of eleven characters) and constantly has to be saved by its companions.
As for the disadvantages of having a light weapon over a heavy one... I am also aware of that. In fact, once I get my next IC post up, I already planned to make that detail apparent.

I didn't forget to add Epsy to the Social Group, I simply decided to wait until I was sure that his character was fully developed since, as I mentioned in my last OOC post where I accepted the character, his PMs suggested that he wanted to add or alter details. Since the character is apparently done now, the invitation has been sent.
Also, I half-intended to draw the line at ten players, Brian, though I decided to wait and see if we even reached that number before setting a limit. I have made roleplays in the past that utterly failed because I ignorantly ran with the policy "the more the better". Just as was seen with all the people stating interest in the Interest Check and then forgetting about it again, I figured I had better make a healthy foundation so that players dropping out would not kill the roleplay.

I didn't end the battle just yet because I wanted to give people a last chance to have a little fun cutting up some crusaders, but it seems there is a general consensus that it would be better if the battle ended quickly. I will write up a post as soon as I get the time and see if I can't get my character to end it... leaving room for the unexpected. I never really know what my characters might spontaneously do.

EDIT: There, I posted. I decided to give people a last chance to have a little fun. If you want to kill some crusaders, go ahead - otherwise just have them run away.

[Epsy]

Just to throw it out there, I didn't actually reveal anything about my character in my post that regarded the changes I was thinking about making, so if it's all the same to you, I'd appreciate if I could still make them. I had already planned on my characters chi-type powers to be far weaker than that of the warden's, simply being used for small healing and some minor buffs. The advanced age was so it would make more sense that he was able to learn these abilities simply through long periods of meditation. I can add a paragraph to my character sheet explaining that, if it would please you.